Suspender attachment



(No Model.)

J. R. BLANKENSHIP. SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT.

No. 587,922. Patented Aug. 10, 1897.

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JOHN R. BLANKENSHIP, OF HOUSTON, MISSOURI.

SUSPENDER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,922, dated August 10, 1897.

Application filed a a y 2, 1897- Serial No. 617,733. (No model.)

To (all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN R. BLANKENSHIP, a citizen of the United States, residing at Houston, in the county of Texas and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender Attachm cuts; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to susp'ender attachments, and has for its objects, first, to provide a suspender in which the necessary elasticity is placed between the shoulder-straps and the ends whereby they are buttoned; second, that is simple in its operation and easily adjusted; third, that can ,be manufactured cheaply and having means whereby the user can at a trifling expense renew the clasticity as occasion requires.

Another advantage of dispensing with the elastic webbing is that when made of plain non-elastic material they can be easily washed without injury, while in the manufacture of suspenders from elastic webbing they cannot be washed without destroying their elasticity, and once becoming soiled will continually soil clean clothing with which they come in contact.

My invention consists in the construction and application of the attachments shown in the accompanying drawings and described in the following specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing my attachments as they appear when attached to a pair of suspenders. Fig. 2 is a front plan view of the member engaging with the elastic band. Fig. 3 is a back plan View of the same. Fig. 4 is an enlarged front plan view of both members formingthe attachment as they appear when placed together. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the member engaging with the non-elastic shoulder-straps or ends. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the same part as Fig. 5, the construction of the ends being slightly modified; and Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 4.

The elastic-supporting rodA is formed, preferably, of spring-steel wire and has each end cl bent up at right angles to the rod, and each bent-up portion has its end flattened to form a head e and is again bent at right angles to the portion (1, but with both heads 6 to the same side of the rod A.

The portion which is attached to the shoulder-straps G and tothe Suspender-ends D is formed from suitable sheet metal and consists of a bar B, having depending ends 9, said ends being provided with slotted openings h, the outer end of said openings being enlarged at t' sufficiently to allow the head 8 of the rod A to pass therethrough. The bar B is of sufficient length so that the inner ends of the slots h in the ends g are the same distance apart as the heads on the rods A. Therefore when the two portions are placed together, as in Fig. 4, the heads 6 will be drawing into the narrow slots h and cannot be removed on account of the flattened head extending over the edges of the slot until one of the bent-up ends cl is sprung opposite the opening 1?, when it may be removed, and the opposite end may then be easily removed.

In constructing suspenders with my attachments the bar B is attached to the shoulderstraps O or ends D in the ordinary manner of attaching buckles or rings-1 e., by means of pieces of leather j or stout cloththe ends g of the bar 13 extending on either side of the fastening j. The rods A are then passed through the elastic band It with the ends cl extending up on each side. One of the heads e is then placed in the opening '5 and drawn into the slots h, and the head on the other end is sprung into place in the other opening 1', when it will also spring into the slot h. The operation is repeated with the other rod, and the ends D are thereby attached to the shoulder-straps by means of the attachments and the elastic band 75. The heads '9 of the rods A are fastened as shown in Fig. and so finattached to the front as well as the back of a pair of suspenders and may also be put to other uses.

It will be seen that the elastic band it can be replaced in a moment and at a trifling expense should it give out, while a pair of suspenders depending upon the webbing for their elasticity are rendered useless when the elasticity in the webbing gives out.

Suspenders having the shoulder straps made of strong material without elasticity would last longer than shoulder-straps made of elastic webbing, while all the elasticity required will be supplied by the elastic band k.

The modification shown in Fig. 6 applies only to the situation of the slots h in the ends g.- Instead of extending horizontally, as in Fig. 5, they areplaced vertically, and under certain conditions it might prove advantageous to have them in this position.

Having described my attachments and the manner of using them, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. An improved suspender attachment, consisting of a wire rod A, bent first upward and then outward, and having a flattened head 6, slightly beveled on the under side; a bar B, having depending ends g, provided with horizontal slots h, also slightly beveled to correspond with the bevel on the head 6, and having a circular enlargement i, at the outer end, to receive the head e, of the rod A, substantially as set forth.

2. An improved Suspender attachment, consisting of a rod A, adapted to support an elasbeing enlarged to admit the heads 6, of the rod A, and the circular elastic band It, substantially as shown and described.

4. In combination with the shoulder-straps and ends of suspenders, the rod A, having the bent-up portions d, and the heads 6, beveled on the under sides; the bar B, having the depending portion g, provided with the slots h, also beveled to correspond with thebevel 'n, on the heads 6; circular openings 2', and the elastic band 70, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination in a suspender attachment, of the rod A, having the upturned portions 61, and the flattened heads 6, with the bar B, having depending ends 6, provided with slots h, and the elastic bands is, substantially as set forth. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN R. BLANKENSHIP.

\Vitnesses: I

JOHN D. YOUNG, JNO. W. Housn.

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